Sandy Beach

Sandy Beach Park, also called Wāwamalu, is a City beach park on Kalanianaʻole Highway in Hawaii Kai, on Oahu's south shore. Lifeguards are on duty every day from towers on the beach. The City lists Sandy Beach among Oahu's common shorebreak beaches, where waves break directly onshore and cause serious neck and spinal injuries to experienced and inexperienced bodysurfers and swimmers alike. Small surf can be as dangerous as big surf. The State advises avoiding the water at beaches with dangerous shorebreak, since even wading in a strong shorebreak can be dangerous, and never diving into it head first. Ask a lifeguard about the waves before you go in. Larger swells can reach the south shore in summer, and the City warns that box jellyfish regularly swarm to south shore waters after the full moon. The comfort stations are closed overnight.